LOT 3379
Julia Domna, Augusta AE Assarion of Gythium, Laconia. Struck under Septimius Severus, struck AD 202-205.
Illegible inscription, draped bust to right / ΓVΘЄ[ATΩN], statue of Athena at the acropolis of Gythium, helmeted, standing to left, peplos over arms, holding spear with right hand. BCD Peloponnesos -; BCD Peloponnesos II -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; NCP p. 62, 8; for similar reverse cf. Mionnet IV, p. 233, 72 (Geta); E. Papaefthymiou, "Monnaies du Péloponnèse dans la collection de la Fondation du monde hellénique" in BCH139-140.2 (2016), fig. 17; CNG, e-603, 424 (hammer: 650 USD). Good Fine. Very rare.(3.66gr, 23mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Lucius Verus AE 23mm of Nysa, Lydia. Circa AD 161-165, probably circa AD 161–163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[Λ ΑΥΡ Κ]ΑΙϹΑΡ [ΟΥΗΡΟϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΝΥϹΑ]-ЄΩΝ, Kore standing to left, holding long sceptre. RPC IV.2 Online 1477 (temporary); Regling, Nysa 107 corr.; BMC 38 corr. 8.03gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑVΤ•Κ•Μ•Α•••ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate head to right, with slight drapery / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•ЄΞ•YΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ Β, eagle standing facing with spread wings, head to left, holding wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields, star between legs. RPC VI Online 7959 (uncertain mint); McAlee 758; Prieur 249. 11.80gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 724. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum AE 15mm. Late 1st century BC(?). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena to left, wearing aegis / ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄΩΝ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond. RPC II, 1298; SNG von Aulock 3817; BMC 81. 2.36gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
